Isaiah 3:1

The Passion Translation

Behold—Yahweh, the Sovereign One, the Commander of Angel Armies, is about to cut off from Jerusalem and Judah every source of their support and security, including all food supplies and water.

Cross References

Ezekiel 14:13

“Son of man, suppose all the people living in a certain country wander from me in pursuit of their sin, then I decide to come against them. I would punish them by destroying their food supply, inflicting famine on them, and causing people and animals to starve to death.

Isaiah 1:24

Therefore, here is what the Sovereign One, the Lord God of Angel Armies, the Mighty One of Israel, decrees: “Ah, I will get relief from my adversaries and avenge myself on my foes!

Jeremiah 38:9

“My lord the king,” he said, “these evil men were wrong to throw the prophet Jeremiah into a muddy cistern. He will starve to death there since there is no more food left in the city.”

Jeremiah 37:21

So King Zedekiah gave orders to confine me to the palace guardhouse. Each day a loaf of bread from the bakery was given to me until all the bread of the city was gone. So I remained there in the palace courtyard.

Isaiah 51:22

This is what your sovereign ruler, Lord Yahweh, your God, the Mighty Defender of his people, says: “Look! I have removed from your hand the intoxicating cup that made you stagger. You will no longer drink from the bowl of my anger.

Isaiah 36:12

But the commander answered them, “Do you think I came to deliver this message from my master only to you and your king? It is also meant for the men sitting there on the wall to hear! They are the ones who will eat their own excrement and drink their own urine!”

Isaiah 5:13

Therefore, my people go into exile for lack of understanding. Their leaders are starving, their multitudes parched with thirst.

Isaiah 2:22

So once and for all, stop trusting in man, who is but one breath from death—frail and puny man!

Psalm 105:16

So God decreed a famine upon Canaan-land, cutting off their food supply.

Isaiah 3:16

Here is what Yahweh says: “The daughters of Zion are proud, walking about arrogantly with their noses in the air. Their eyes are seductive as they skip along with jewelry jingling on their ankles.

Isaiah 9:20

With their right hands they snatched what belonged to others, yet remained hungry. With their left hands they stole food, yet they were starving and even ate their own offspring!

Jeremiah 52:3

Yahweh became so angry with the people of Jerusalem and Judah that he banished them from the land. Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.

Jeremiah 52:6

On the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine was so severe in the city that there was nothing left to eat.

Lamentations 5:4

We have to pay for drinking water, and our firewood comes at a steep price.